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While one of the students (Kiera) is borrowing Dega's swords, they are stolen, sending the pair into China's criminal underworld to find them before they can get sold on the black market.
I don't own Kung Fu Panda, Dega, Kiro, and Zina belong to Jweaks2016
"Hey Dega, can a borrow your Swords for a bit?" Kiera asked one day.
"Sure, I guess what do you need them for?" The Tiger-Lion asked.
"My Dad says it would be a good idea to practice with them, just in case," Kiera said.
"Alright," Dega said handing Kiera the power weapons. "Just don't lose them, okay."
"I won't, I promise," Kiera said taking the weapons from Dega.
-Several hours later-
"Dega," Kiera said urgently, shaking the Tiger-Lion awake.
"Not now mom, I'm sleeping," Dega mumbled, rolling over.
"Dega, wake up! It's important!" Kiera hissed.
"*Yawn* Kiera?"
"Ahh! what are you doing in here,? I'm not decent!" Dega said startled, pulling the blankets around him.
"I…I lost your swords," Kiera whispered. "They were stolen."
"YOU WHAT?!" Dega shouted, sitting up quickly, making Kiera wince.
"Shh, not so loud!" She hissed.
"Fine," Dega said lying back down. "Just let me get dressed first."
Kiera waited patiently outside Dega's room for him to get dressed, then the two quietly left the academy.
"*Sigh*, where exactly were you when the swords were stolen?" Dega asked stifling a yawn, it was way too early to be investigating anything, in his opinion.
"I was outside Mr. Pings when I noticed they were gone," Kiera said.
"Okay," Dega said. "Did you notice anyone acting unusual inside?"
"No, not really," Kiera said.
"Aw man, my Dad's gonna kill me, I just got those," Dega muttered.
"That's nothing, just wait until my Mom gets a hold of us," Kiera said.
"Don't remind me," Dega muttered. "Last time I was late for training, she made me run up and down the old Palace stairs twenty times."
"Where were you before Mr. Ping's?" Dega asked.
"Just on patrol, walking around the Village," Kiera said.
Dega frowned at her, knowing she was leaving something out.
"Kiera…"
"Okay, so I might have been meeting with someone at the Jade Dragon beforehand," Kiera mumbled.
"Whoa, like a date?" Dega asked, "With a boy?"
"Yes, a boy!" Kiera growled. "His name is Jin, he's a tiger."
"I owe Kiba 20 yuan," Dega mumbled under his breath.
"Can we please focus on the task at hand!" Kiera said. "Instead of my social life!"
"I never thought you'd be able to get a date," Dega said. "Looks like you proved me otherwise."
"Argh! Forget it! I'll do this myself!" Kiera said storming off.
"Kiera, wait," Dega said catching up with the tigress. "I'm sorry."
"How exactly are we supposed to find your Swords?" Kiera asked.
"Well, your Dad told me a story of when he and my mom had to pose undercover as a couple once," Kiera suggested.
"Eww!" Dega said shivering at the thought of pretending to Kiera's boyfriend.
"You have a better idea?" Kiera asked.
"Not really, no," Dega said.
"Oh, how about we pretend to be criminals!" Dega said.
"That could work," Kiera said. "But we'll need a decent excuse for disappearing suddenly."
Dega stood there thinking for a moment.
"I got it!" He suddenly said snapping his fingers. "We'll pretend to be going on a journey to the different battlefields our parents fought at."
"That could work, I'll ask my Dad," Kiera said and returned home.
"Oh, Hey Kiera, where have you been?" Dai asked seeing his daughter walk in.
"Dad, Dega and I were talking, we were wondering where exactly was Grandmaster Feg's hideout?" Kiera asked.
"Why the sudden interest?" Dai asked looking up from the scroll he was reading.
"Dega and I, we kinda want to go see it for ourselves," Kiera explained.
"It's hidden away in the Di Kei mountains, why?" Dai said after a moment of thought.
"We thought maybe we could learn something from it," Kiera said.
"Well, alright, just be careful okay?" he said.
"We will, thanks, dad!" Kiera said leaving the house.
-Later that day-
"Are you two sure you're gonna be okay?" Dai asked Kiera and Dega.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine dad," Kiera said as she and Dega left.
"Are you sure this is such a good idea? That part of China is dangerous," Kiro said to Dai as Kiera paused to wave goodbye to them, then turned back.
"They'll be fine," Dai said. "Besides, it's not that dangerous, since we took care off Grandmaster Feng."
"Still…" Kiro said watching the students walking away. "I get the feeling they're…up to something."
After leaving the Valley of Peace, the two stopped to change into the disguises they had picked, after a few minutes, Kiera stepped out from behind the tree, dressed in her black assassins outfit, only her blue eyes were visible.
"What do you think?" She asked Dega, holding her arms out.
"Very intimidating," Dega said truthfully.
"It feels kinda warm, though," Kiera commented pulling the mask off her lower face. "Give me a moment." She said stepping back behind the tree.
She reappeared a moment later having sliced some of fabric off on her stomach, leaving a bit of it exposed to the air.
"Be glad you don't have thick fur," She commented to Dega.
"Yeah, but can you play the part?" Dega asked still leaning against the tree, causing Kiera to throw a Kunai at him, it missed his neck by about an inch but impaled itself in the tree trunk next to him.
Dega pulled the dagger out of the tree and handed it back to Kiera.
"You scare me sometimes, ya know that?" He commented.
Kiera smiled at his comment.
They traveled to the Blackmarket in the Valley first
"Okay the plan is simple," Kiera explained. "We'll check the black market here in the valley first, we'll go in, find your swords and get out as fast as possible, and try not to buy anything."
The two entered the marketplace without being recognized and started looking around, three times Kiera had to stop Dega from buying something.
"Right," Dega said nodding as they walked through the large market, Kiera paused a few times to look at weapons or armor.
"I see you have an eye for blades," The owner of a stall selling knives and daggers said, seeing Kiera eyeing up a dagger.
"They're nice but, I'm looking for something a little more…unique," Kiera said to the merchant, leaning against the table. "A power weapon," She added quietly. "You know anyone who's selling?"
The merchant scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"Power weapons are extremely rare and powerful weapons, I don't know of anyone who's selling one. If you're looking for a weapon for assassinations, though, maybe I could interest you in a poisoned blade,"
"Poisoned?" Kiera asked intrigued.
"The blade is impregnated with a deadly poison, fatal to anyone," The Merchant said picking up a small knife off the table.
"Really?" Kiera asked. "What kind poisons, exactly?"
"All kinds," The Merchant said. "Poisons that sap the victim's strength are popular, fast-acting neurotoxins are also popular, as well as paralytics that can stop a Rhino."
"Cool," Dega said grinning.
"Don't even think about it," Kiera commented as Dega examined a poisoned dagger.
"Aww…," Dega said putting the weapon back on the table.
"Come on," Kiera said walking away from the stall.
As they walked, Kiera dumped into a teenage Snow Leopard.
"Sorry," She said, then paused and turned around.
"Did you just see that?" Kiera asked. "That Snow Leopard looked just like Tai-Lung,"
"Really? Huh, I didn't notice," Dega said
"Oh, Hey, check this out!" Dega said bringing Kiera's attention away from the Snow Leopard, Kiera sighed loudly and turned back to Dega to see him holding a crossbow to his shoulder.
"Ah, your friend as good taste, the glass on top makes killing at a distance much easier, the custom metal bolts fly further and are less affected by the wind," The seller stated.
"This thing is so cool! I can see further into the distance!" Dega said looking through the 'scope' on top of the crossbow.
"We don't have time for this," Kiera said reaching for the weapon.
"No, it's mine, get your own!" Dega pulling back, as he did his finger slipped on the trigger, firing a metal bolt, it grazed Kiera's upper thigh she yelled and fell to the floor grasping the wound as it bled.
"You idiot!" She growled at Dega.
"I'm sorry!" Dega panicked, dropping the crossbow, crouching next to Kiera, Dega touched the wound, making Kiera hissed in pain.
"We better get you to a doctor, or a healer," Dega said.
"Ya think!" Kiera growled.
"Okay, okay!" Dega said carefully lifting Kiera to her feet.
The pair quickly found a healer to mend Kiera's injury. Unfortunately for Dega, this meant he had to stay facing the wall as Kiera undressed.
"I said I was sorry," Dega said turning around.
"FACE THE WALL!" Kiera yelled pointing, and Dega quickly turned back around.
"Sorry," Dega mumbled staring at the wall.
Kiera growled slightly and gripped the sides of the cot as the doctor bandaged her wound with some strips of cloth and some kind of leaf.
"Is she gonna be okay?" Dega asked.
"She'll be fine, she'll have a scar, but your girlfriend will be fine," The Healer said.
"He's not my boyfriend," Kiera said. "He's my idiot cousin."
"Oh, sorry," The Healer said.
"Come on, let's get outta here," Kiera said standing up after re-dressing.
They searched the rest of the marketplace for hours, only to find nothing.
"Come on, this was a dead end, we'll have better luck in a larger city like Ban Shi or Gong-Men," Kiera said as the sun started to set, the stall owners started packing up to leave. "We should try Ban Shi first."
"Next stop, Ban Shi City," Dega said reaching for his swords, only to remember he didn't have them anymore.
"Oh, right," He said. "I guess we're walking then."
-Ban Shi City, two days later-
"Do you have any idea where this marketplace actually is?" Dega asked Kiera as they entered the city.
"No, my Dad has contacts who do, but I don't know who they are, or how to contact them," Kiera said. "We should split up, search the City then meet back up at the Kung Fu headquarters."
-Very early that morning-
"Well, that was a gigantic waste of time," Dega said tiredly, walking up to Kiera who was resting against a wall. "Maybe we should try the seedier parts of the City."
"Where do you think I've been," Kiera said.
"So…did you find anything?" Dega asked.
Kiera pulled a piece of paper out of her top with an address and password written on it.
"Jackpot," Dega said smiling.
"We'll need the password to get in," Kiera said
"Wait…how'd you even get that?" Dega asked as Kiera tucked the paper back into her top.
"Persuasion," Kiera said.
"But, won't we be recognized, though?" Dega asked.
"Not if we're careful," Kiera said pulling her mask over her face.
"But just in case, we should use cover names," Kiera said.
"Sweet! So we'll be like spies, awsome!" Dega said.
"Not quite, but you get the idea; I'll be June," Kiera said.
"I'll uh, I'll think of something by the time we got there, don't worry," Dega said.
Keira sighed and shook her head. Dega's antics were wearing her patience thin.
"Fine," She said turning her back on Dega, pulling her hood up. "Just don't do anything stupid."
Dega and Kiera decided to wait until the next day to explore the market and got a hotel room.
"Oh no, no way," Dega said seeing the double bed.
"Don't argue, it's all they had on such short notice," Kiera said tiredly, stifling a yawn.
Dega let Kiera take the bed and slept on the floor, Kiera woke him up early the next morning.
"Come on, Dega, wake up we gotta go," She said.
"I don't wanna," Dega whined into his pillow.
Kiera stood back up and scanned the room for something to wake Dega up with, her eye's landed on the closed window shutters. Grinning mischievously, she walked over.
"Dega you really need to wake up," She repeated gently, causing the Tiger-Lion to stir and wake up.
Kiera suddenly threw the shutters open, flooding the room with bright sunlight.
"AHH! My eyes!" Dega yelled throwing his arm up to shield his eyes.
"You're evil!" He said seeing Kiera in the corner holding her stomach and laughing.
Dega growled and threw his pillow at her.
"Great! You're up, let's go," She said.
The two left the hotel a short time later and headed to the location written on the piece of paper Kiera had, a large abandoned warehouse.
"I guess this is it," Kiera said double checking the information.
They walked up to the entrance and were stopped by an enormous Rhino.
"Password?" He asked.
"The Overlord Cometh," Kiera said.
"I'm June, this is…," Kiera paused waiting for Dega to give his name.
Inside, Dega started to panic, he hadn't thought of a cover name yet!
"Um…I'm uh Dega! Yeah, that's it!" Dega said making Kiera face palm.
"Right…," The bouncer said. "Head on in, just don't cause any trouble, or I'll throw you out myself."
"The Overlord Cometh? What a weird password," Dega commented once inside.
"What did you expect their password to be? Password?" Kiera said as they walked.
"Kiera!" Dega hissed.
"Don't use my real name!" Kiera scolded Dega.
"Just, Look," Dega said turning her, pointing.
Kiera followed Dega's gaze to a black tiger, Zina.
"What's she doing here?" Kiera asked.
"Whatever it is, I doubt she's buying perfume," Dega said.
The two watched as Zina walked off in a hurry, she seemed to be going somewhere.
"Maybe, we should follow her," Dega said.
"Oh yeah, let's just follow the deadly Ninja Assassin, great idea Dega," Kiera said sarcastically.
"I know right, brilliant!" Dega said not picking up on Kiera sarcasm.
"Maybe she's looking for the swords too," Kiera mused aloud. "Weapon's like that, the word is bound to travel quickly."
"Why don't we ask her?" Dega asked. "You're supposed to be an assassin, talk to her."
Kiera frowned under her mask at Dega.
"Fine," Kiera said after a few moments and walked off.
"Excuse me, are you Zina Takimuro?" Kiera asked the black tiger assassin.
"Who wants to…" Zina said but stopped midsentence squinting at Kiera "…Wait a minute."
"You're Master Nakamura's daughter, aren't you?" Zina said standing up looking at Kiera's blue eyes through her mask.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Kiera said. "My name is June…"
"Save it, kid," Zina said "I know exactly who you are, the question is? What are you doing here? In a place like this?"
Her cover was blown, what was she supposed to do?
"Relax, kid, I'm not gonna kill you, yet," Zina said. "I'm gonna assume you're here for the power swords."
"How did you know about that?" Kiera asked.
"Word travels fast," Zina said, "Tell Dega, where ever he's hiding, I'm not gonna get in your way, I've got bigger fish to fry, literally."
"And tell your Dad I said Hi." She added with a wink and left.
"Okay, that was weird," Dega said stepping out from behind a pillar, into the open after Zina had left.
"Weird how?" Kiera asked.
"Weird, as in she didn't murder the two of us on the spot!" Dega said.
"You're actually complaining about that?" Kiera asked.
"No, it's just odd, that's all," Dega said.
"Come on, you heard what Zina said, we need to find my Swords before someone else does," Dega said
Dega and Kiera split up and explored the marketplace, looking for Dega's swords.
After a couple hours, they met back in the middle of the market.
"Did you find anything?" Dega asked.
"No, not really," Kiera said. "How about you?"
"Not a thing," Dega said growing worried.
"Maybe someone already bought them," Kiera said.
"Don't say that, I'm worried enough as it is!" Dega said.
"So, on to Gong-Men City then?" Kiera asked.
"Yeah," Dega said glumly not looking forward to the walk.
-A day earlier-
Dai was in the Academy's training hall with Kiro, they were sparring with their staffs as Tigress and Mei-Ling watched.
"Come on sweetie, kick her butt!" Mei-Ling said
At about the same time a messenger flew into the Training Hall.
"Master Nakamura, you have a message from the Kung Fu Headquarters," The Messenger said handing Dai a letter and flying away.
"The Kung Fu headquarters? What's it about?" Tigress asked, still holding Kiro by the front of the shirt.
"Hey, aren't we supposed to be having a fight here?" Kiro asked, in answer Tigress hit Kiro in the chest with a clawfist, Kiro, was sent flying into the adjacent wall it.
"Okay…You win," He groaned
Dai turned his attention back to the letter and opened it.
Master Nakamura, this letter is to inform you two of your students have arrived two days ago in Ban Shi City and have begun investigating the black market in the city; They not have been seen or heard from since. The Assassin Zina was also spotted in the city on the same day.
-Regards, Constable Hu
Dai growled and crumpled up the letter.
"Zina," he growled.
"Zeng!" He yelled.
"Yes, Master?" The Goose replied appearing out of nowhere.
"I need you to take a message to my one of my contacts, Z," Dai said quickly writing down a message on a spare piece of parchment. "You think you can find her?"
"Yes, sir," Zeng said taking the message and flying off.
-With Dega and Kiera-
Kiera and Dega's trip to Gongmen City was boring and uneventful, much to Dega's disappointment, he had been hoping for some excitement during their trip.
When they finally reached the City it was night, Dega was complaining about being tired.
"I'm tired," He moaned.
"Maybe if you weren't slouching around or goofing off at the Academy all day, you'd have the energy to walk," Kiera said stopping and waiting for Dega.
Dega straightened up and frowned at Kiera.
"You don't have to be soo mean, ya know," He said. "I may be reckless and a goof, but I've always taken my training seriously."
"Let's just keep going," Kiera said.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you," She added a short while later as they walked. "I'm just upset about losing those Swords, what if they end up in the hands of a major criminal? And they go on a greatest hits attack run of China?"
"Kiera, don't worry, nothing like that is going to happen," Dega said.
They kept walking until Gong-Men City Came into view in front of them.
"We made it!" Dega said rushing forward.
"Dega hold on a second!" Kiera said chasing after the Tiger-Lion.
"Halt!" The gate guards yelled leveling their spears at Dega, who slid to a stop.
"Guess, I shoulda said who I was huh?" Dega said.
"I'm Dega Takimuro, son of Kiro Takimuro, this is Kiera Nakamura, daughter of Dai…"
"Nakamura, the former Dragon Warrior," The guard said interrupting Dega. "We know."
"So…can you let us in?" Dega asked impatiently "We're kinda on a tight schedule here."
"Fine, head on inside, but don't cause any trouble," The guard said lowering his weapon.
"Open the gate!" He yelled.
"Wow, your father's name literally opens doors," Dega commented as the gate opened and they walked inside.
"Where are we going to stay, every place is closed for the night?" Dega asked, "Hey, doesn't your Dad have a house in the City?" He asked stifling a yawn.
"Yeah, we haven't used it years, though," Kiera said.
"Perfect," Dega said. "Why don't we stay there?"
"It beats having to pay for a hotel and share a room…again," Dega pointed out.
"Good idea," Kiera agreed, leading Dega through the city to the house.
"Wow," Dega said when they arrived at the large, two-story house in the shadow of the Tower of Sacred Flame
"Yeah," Kiera said opening the door. "Just don't touch anything."
Inside, it was dusty, and this caused Dega to have a sneezing fit.
"You'd think someone would have come in here and dusted," He said wiping his nose.
"My family hasn't used this house in years," Kiera said looking at a picture on a table of her family. "My Dad grew up here, in fact."
-The next Morning-
Kiera woke up at sunrise, got dressed and went over to Dega's door to wake him. Then changed her mind and decided to let him sleep, then left the house to search for the Swords on her own. She found the marketplace with little difficulty and searched around for the Swords for a few hours before stumbling across an auction, among the listed items were Dega's power Swords, and the auction started in less than twenty minutes!
Kiera left the market and raced back to the house.
"Dega, wake up!" She yelled, banging on his door, waking the Tiger-Lion.
"You're worse than your mother!" She heard him say from the other side of the door.
"I found the swords!" Kiera said
A second later Dega's door swung open, revealing the tiger lion in his nothing but his loincloth.
Kiera put her hand up to block her view and looked away.
"Well, that image is forever burned into my brain," She thought.
"Where are they?" Dega asked desperately.
"They're going up for auction, today in…ten minutes!" Keira said urgently, doing the math.
Dega disappeared into his room and reappeared fully dressed.
"What are we waiting for?! Let's go!" He said.
"Why can't I get you this excited about training?" Kiera asked following Dega as he ran down the hallway.
"Training is boring, that's why," Dega said back, letting Kiera take the lead since she knew the way.
The two raced across town, back to the warehouse as fast as they could, knocking several people over in the process. They reached the warehouse but were stopped by the Rhino guard.
"We don't have time for this," Kiera said growling, launching herself at the large Rhino, kicking him in the head with both feet, knocking him to the ground with a loud thud.
They went passed the Rhino and headed inside racing to the auction block.
"We're too late," Dega said as the words were taken from the auction block. "What do we do now?" He asked panic in his voice, turning to Kiera.
"We steal them back," Kiera said dead serious, pulling her mask on.
Dega started laughing, then stopped suddenly. "Wait, you're serious, aren't you?" He said, and Kiera nodded.
"And I thought Kai was the impulsive one," Dega said.
"Hey! You two!" Dega and Kiera turned around and saw Zina standing behind them. "Before you do something incredibly stupid…"
"We're not listening to you, assassin!" Dega said.
Zina rolled her eyes. "Can you shut up for just a moment," She said and pulled out the Swords from behind her back.
"Wait…you bought them?" Kiera questioned. "Why?"
"Just take them before I change my mind," Zina said holding out the Swords to Dega.
"And tell your father he owes me another favor…and a very large sum of money…again," Zina said to Kiera
"Thank you," Kiera said.
"Don't mention it, kid," Zina said offhandedly. "Ya know, you two could have saved yourselves a lot of trouble by just hiring me to steal the Swords when we met in Ban-Shi in the first place."
"You'd do that?" Kiera asked. "Why?"
Zina remained silent before saying
"You better get outta here, before your parents discover you're here," Zina said and ran off, disappearing into the crowd like a ghost.
Taking the Swords, Dega and Kiera returned to the Valley, via Dega's rocket cart and landed just outside the Academy doors.
"That wasn't so bad," Dega said. "And the Masters won't have a clue as to where we really went."
"Dega, Kiera, inside…NOW!" Tigress yelled from behind them, pointing.
"Yes, Master," Both students said.
"You and your big mouth!" Kiera hissed as they followed Master Tigress inside.
-Epilogue-
Zina wandered into a bar, located at the edge of the Valley and scanned the patrons, spotting the person she was looking for at the bar, she walked over.
"Funny seeing you here, Shadow Tiger," She said.
"Hello, Zina," He said back. "Please don't call me that, you know my name, you might as well use it."
"Do you have my payment, Nakamura?" Zina said.
"Right here," He said holding out a small sack of money.
"You're lucky I was able to find those two before anyone else did," Zina said taking the money. "What were you thinking sending Dega and Kiera into that place?"
"It wasn't my choice," He said turning to face Zina. "They left on their own."
"You still owe me for the Swords," Zina reminded him.
"Don't worry about it, you'll get your money," He said. "I heard a caravan is gonna be transporting some very valuable jewels, and they just so happened to need some extra security; And it just so happens, I know who's on the security detail."
Zina smirked.
"Who?" She asked.
It was his turn to smirk.
"The Caravan will be guarded by one other than our very own next-gen warriors," He said. "It'll be their first solo mission."
Uh oh, what's Zina up to now? Who's this Z person Dai has been corresponding with? And who is Zina talking to in the bar? So many questions…